Beehive stand



Sept. 23, 193, 0. a, FENNO 1,776,314

swam; s'mw Filed. Jan. 11, 1928 npcutoz Grace 12 fzvno R E E nnn nrvnfsraiqn f j ap s- 5, 1margari as1 ,1925. jsri ind jagnsf I 1 This invention relates tosupports' andniore particularly to a standby means of which, a

bee hive may besu'pported in "an elevated po sitionisofthat air may circulate beneath the bee hive and thereby "keep the hive dry and prevent it from being. damaged byr'esting upon wetground. j i

; one; object of the invention is to provide a stand'o'f this character which maybe stored or shipped inia knock-down condition and readily" assembled by the user.)

' Anotherobject of the men o isto 'fso form the strips of-materialtrom which'the- U stand is'constructed that they-may be very firmly secured and thereby provide a stand which willpbe very strong and durable and notliabl'eto'comeapart or sag when subjected tothe weight of a bee hive.

' Another object of the:invention -isfto pro; vide the stand-with supporting legs which maylbeeasily forced into the ground and 1 I "have'their' upper en'dportions so connected (with the frameof the stand that they may t er-' minate flush with the upper edge-of the "frameor project above itf inorder to engage corner portions ofa hivesupported uponthe frame Another object'of the'invention istoiso formfthe frame of thestand that the beehive when resting upon the stand will have its lower.pjortion' disposed within the 1 frame in f order to'preventit from accidentally'slipping out of itsjproper position upon the stand.

The invention is illustrated inthe accompanying'drawing, whereinf J I "Figure 1 is a-view showing the'improved stand inside elevation with a'hive toibesup- I ported thereby indicated by dotted lines Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthestand; Fig. 3 is a fragmentarysectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and illustrating one corner portion of the stand, and

' Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the lower end I portion of 'oneof the supportin gilegs of the The stand constituting the subject-matter of this invention includes a frame, indicated 7 in generalby the numeral-rend supporting IegsQwhichare disposed at the corners of .Inf view oft-he fwitha number of openings to receive the tions of the legs relation "thereto. By referring to Fig. 2, it

,atlone end beyond its horizontal flange and this extended end portion ofthe vertical flange is bentinwardlyto extend across the adjacent end offlthehorizontal flange thereby. providing a securing tongue l fi which is of such length that it projects beyondthe inner side edge of the hori zontal flange. This is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, andreferring to these figures it will be seen that, when the side bars are disposed in operative relation to each other with the ends of their horizontal flanges overlapped, the tongues 6 extend 'alongthe vertical flanges v of adjacent side? bars where they are secured by bolts 7zpassed' through registering openlngs-fformed in the vertical flanges and tongues. 4 The supportinglegs2 are also formed of angle meta-1 in orderto provide side flanges 8, and these ,side flanges are formed with a desired-number iof openings 9 which are spacedfrom each other longitudinally ot'the legs and intended to receive securing bolts 10 which also I pass through" openings formed in the vertical flanges and tongues 6 of the" side 'barsfrom which the frame is fact that the legs are provided securing bolts -10, they may be secured to the frame with their upper ends either flush with the upper edges of the side bars or with theirupper end portions proj eoting upward 1y above the frame, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen 'that, when the frame is in use, the upper end pormay be allowed to project upwardly abovethe frame and engage the .c'orner'portions .ofabee hive resting upon I the horizontal-flanges of '3 the'frame, as 'shown'in F1g.2,in=depend1ng the frame and theme rn md or CHICAGO; irltmors formed. 7

its proper position upon the frame. The

lower end portions of theside flanges 8 of the legs are folded inwardly,

as shown at 11in and 4, thereby: providing the legs Figs. 1

Y with reinforcingpenetrating points so that the'legs'may be easily forced into the ground Without dangerof their being broken or. bent out' of shape when forced into place.

When'the stand is to openings provided i plied to the frame at its corners and the bolts 10 passed through selected openingsfi) formed in v the 1 legs and through I other I openings formed in the flanges 4 and tonguesj; Tlhese belts serveito-firmly secure the legs to the side bars of the frame andethe legs serve not on-ly in an elevated position to support the frame but also constitute corner reinforcementsfor the frame andassist the tongues to prevent the side bars of theframe'from moving out of their proper pos tions with respect to each other. After thelegs have been applied to the frame, .the stand is placed upon the ground where it is desired to have the bee hive located and the supporting legs maybe easily driven ditional means to prevent the hive frem movthe ground. If the into the ground a sufficient distance to tfirmly anchor the stand. Since the lower ends of the reinforced, as shown in very easily driven into bending orbreaking,

Fig. 4, they may be the ground without After the stand has beehive is disposed with its .lowerend fportion enclosed by the verticalflanges 4 By this arrangement the stand serves not only to support the beehive from moving out of its proper position uponthe stand and therewil l be no danger of its slipping and falling upon frame is secured to the but also prevents it legs'in such a position that the upper end portions f the legs projeetupwardly above the stand, these upwardly extending portions of the legs will. serve to engage. the cornerportionsofthe hive and pnovid'eradinn: out of its proper position-uponithe frame.

When a hive is supported upon the ';sta-nd,

air may circulate freely b-eneath'it so that the bottom of the hive will be keptdry and also it may be inspected so that spiders and their eggs and webs may beremoved from beneath the hive. When the stand is not .in' use, it may be easily taken apart and -the strips from which it is formed tied together. There'- fore, the stand may be reduced to a compact mass and stored in a small space.

During the. winter seasonchicken wire may their ends projecting top and sides of the hive and be used,-the strips of 5 f angle metal from which the frame is formed I are'disposedtransversely of each otherwitlr their end portions overlapped, asshown inv 'Fig. 2, andjthe bolts? passedthrough the} i ,in" the flangese and tong'uesfi; The supporting legs arethen ajp ere'lation to the upper legs are tapered and be wrapped aboutthe below the hive enclosed by the wire packed withleaves or any other suitable material to protect the bottom of p "Rodsmay also be a'ppliedto the legs withtransversely from the stand and the space the hive from cold. 1

stand and a large-box dispesed over the hive inverted position with itsopen end resting'upon the rods in order to enclose the cold.

claim r having companion sidebars formed-with inprotectit from v Having thu sidescribed the invention, i i

,1. Afbee hivestandcomprising' a frame wardly extending hive-engaging; elements,

the-end portions of saidbarsbeing overlapped --and secured, supporting legs for said frame disposed vertically at the corners thereof and, having'side flanges overlapping the end portions-bf said sidebars, the flan.ges' having their upper en'l 130' rtions formedwith opene ings spaced frem each other} longitudinally I of e ss a d r v e through the s de bars and selected opening removable fasteners passed '7 no i n the legs to releasably secure the legs to the,

frame, with their edges of the side bars.

upper ends in determined 2.- A bee hive-stand comprising a frame 7 having companion side bars formed with inthe end port ons of said ebarsflbeing :overlapped and releasablyse'cured, supporting legs: for said'frame disposed vertically at-the .hawnng comp anionbars extending tr ansversely of each other, achlhaving a vertically e ting inwardly from th'elower edge' of vertical iiange, the verticalfiangeprejectinglbethe hor-i-zontal flange and I tongue extending across the i yon-d one end of bent to form a avard-ly extending hive-engaging -elements,

V m portions of saidside bars,

sidebars of said 7 lie tending'flange anda horizontal flange eritend- 1 end thereof and" p-rejecting" transversely v therefrom, V tionseverlappedwiththe tongue of each bar extending-along of saidframe and having Said bar-shaving their end porthe vertical flange of aniad o n ng bar, supporting legs disposed vertireally at the. corners side'flangesifitting against the outer side faces of said bars, and removable .fastenerspassed through the tongues and vert cal fiangesof the frame bars and slde flanges of the sup- F ng legs tosecurel-y connect the b am g 7 i I737 V iEn i y ef IfifliX y Signature.

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